Sussex County-Petersburg-Richmond City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Pursell, Gladys F. Bendall, 1994 

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GLADYS FRANKLIN BENDALL PURSELL 

  Gladys Franklin Pursell, age 71, a resident of 1740 Oakland Ave., 
Petersburg, VA, died on Saturday, January 29, 1994, at her home.  She was 
a native of Richmond, VA and was a daughter of the late Hugh and Bessie 
Pride Bendall.  She was a graduate of John Marshall High School in Richmond. 
She attended Landmark Baptist Church in Petersburg and was very active in the 
volunteer day care program of the church.  She was active in the Republican 
Party and served as a delegate to the 1993 Republican Convention.  She had 
worked for the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co., becoming a chief operator 
and also worked for J.C. Penney, Rucker Rosenstock and as a partner on 
Parkhill Service market of Petersburg.  She was a great lover of cats and made 
contributions to their welfare.  She is survived by a son, William H. Pursell, 
IV, of Petersburg; and one sister, Mrs. George Moore, Rock Hill, SC.  A 
funeral service will be held in Purviance Funeral Home, Wakefield on Tuesday, 
February 1, 1995, at 11:00 a.m. by Rev. Jack Hardy.  Burial will follow in the 
Wakefield Cemetery.  Memorial donations may be made to the Tri City Chapter of 
the SPCA, Colonial Heights. 


Gladys Franklin (BENDALL; Mrs. William H. III) PURSELL, 
businesswoman, former C&P Telephone chief operator, 
b. 19 Dec 1922, Richmond, d. 29 Jan 1994, at home, Petersburg, 
interred in Wakefield Cemetery*, 1 Feb 1994, 
donated obit, publication unknown 

*His father & step-mother are also buried there. 
   Wakefield list, an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society 
   {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/cemeteries/wakefd.txt 

Find a Grave Mem. #127147973 

Her husband's obit ("Daily Press," Jan. 13, 1990, p. 20) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/obits/p624w2ob.txt 


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